r6gd.metal vs x8aedz.metal-12xl

Instance Typer6gd.metalx8aedz.metal-12xl
Instance FamilyMemory optimizedMemory optimized
DetailsHigh-performance databases, data mining/analysis, in-memory databases, distributed large-scale caches, real-time processing apps for unstructured big data, Hadoop/Spark clusters, and other enterprise apps.

r – RAM / memory optimized
6 – Generation
g – AWS Graviton processor
d – Instance store volume
metal – Bare metal
In-memory databases (like SAP HANA), big data engines (such as Apache Spark, Presto), high-performance computing (HPC), and memory-heavy enterprise apps.

x – Extreme RAM / memory intensive
8 – Generation
a – AMD processor
e – Extra storage or memory
d – Instance store volume
z – High performance
metal-12xl – Bare metal
vCPUs6448
Memory512 GiB1536 GiB
CPU Architecturearm64n/a
ProcessorAWS Graviton2 ProcessorAMD EPYC 9R05 Processor
Clock Speed2.5 GHz
Threads Per Core10
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesr6gd.12xlarge, r6gd.16xlarge, r6gd.2xlarge, r6gd.4xlarge, r6gd.8xlarge, r6gd.large, r6gd.medium, r6gd.metal, r6gd.xlargex8aedz.12xlarge, x8aedz.24xlarge, x8aedz.3xlarge, x8aedz.6xlarge, x8aedz.large, x8aedz.metal-12xl, x8aedz.metal-24xl, x8aedz.xlarge
Generationsr6gd.metal, r7gd.metal
Variantsr6a.metal, r6g.metal, r6i.metal, r6id.metal, r6idn.metal, r6in.metal
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
Instance Storage2 x 1900 NVMe SSD1 x 3800 GB NVMe SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefault
Encryptionsupported
NVMerequired
Dedicated Throughput18000 MBps30000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth19000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput2375 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance80000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance80000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth19000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput2375 Mbps
Networking
Networking Performance25 Gigabit37500 Megabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces15
Max Cards1
IPv4 Addresses per Interface50
IPv6 Addresses per Interface50
IPv6 Supportyesno
ENA Supportrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportnono
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x3.93x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
r6gd.metal
x8aedz.metal-12xl
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)2.391714.2214
EuropeEurope (Stockholm) (eu-north-1)n/a15.7402
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)3.686416.5686
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)4.4288n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)4.4288n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)4.4288n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)4.4480n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)4.4480n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)4.4480n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)4.4480n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)4.4544n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)4.8576n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)4.8640n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)3.891220.0206
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)5.8368n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)4.044820.0206
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)4.0960n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)4.0960n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)4.1600n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)4.3264n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)4.3264n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)4.4160n/a
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)3.6864n/a
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)3.6864n/a
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)n/a13.8072
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